OSHA Accident Investigation · Summary #221425150
RALPHS GROCERY COMPANY, STORE #705
PACIFIC PALISADES, CA·
Event description
Employee fractures thumb when crushed between jack and rack
Investigation abstract
At 11:00 p.m. on December 14, 2021, an employee was operating a large walk-along electric pallet jack in a warehouse when the steering bar came in contact with a vertical member of a metal shelving rack. The employee's thumb was caught between the steering bar and the shelving and was crushed. The employee was hospitalized to treat a fractured and lacerated thumb on his right hand, requiring surgery for the fracture and stitches for the laceration.
Victim
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#1 Hospitalized Age 22 M
- Event type
- 2
- Occupation code
- 365
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